The 1938 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing eighth in the American League with a record of 53 wins and 99 losses.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions May 4, 1938: Harry Kelley was selected off waivers from the Athletics by the Washington Senators.Harry Kelley page at Baseball Reference

Roster 1938 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats = Indicates team leader Batting

Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player GP AB H Avg. HR RBI C 99 316 92 .291 11 55 1B 122 454 125 .275 10 48 2B 93 325 91 .280 6 44 SS 120 393 92 .234 0 38 3B 134 499 129 .259 11 69 OF 142 589 181 .307 8 49 OF 152 563 176 .313 30 113 OF 114 406 105 .259 17 63

Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI 60 253 69 .273 0 27 48 194 55 .284 0 28 53 171 64 .374 3 35 56 113 26 .230 0 12 33 88 20 .227 0 8 22 81 21 .259 0 11 40 78 16 .205 0 12 19 69 19 .275 1 12 17 48 13 .271 0 7 14 46 8 .174 0 5 9 30 4 .133 0 2 4 7 2 .286 0 0 2 7 0 .000 0 0 1 2 0 .000 0 0

Pitching = Indicates league leader Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 42 281.1 16 20 4.35 112 42 212.1 9 14 4.92 48 32 191.0 10 11 5.65 75 Buck Ross 29 184.1 9 16 5.32 54 4 22.2 0 2 7.15 9

Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO 6 23.0 2 1 3.52 3 4 12.1 0 2 10.95 1 4 8.0 0 2 16.88 3

Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO 43 3 10 4 5.92 78 35 2 12 5 6.47 43 30 0 7 0 6.94 25 21 2 1 0 5.08 13 5 0 1 0 4.82 9

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

External links 1938 Philadelphia Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1938 Philadelphia Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com